Fri May 7
Bryan Medina ’21 is deeply intrigued by memories — both capturing them and understanding what triggers us to relive them. “UCF gave me the ability to learn how to learn and taught me how to be more empathetic.” — Bryan Medina ’21 The computer science major who earned his bachelor’s from UCF this semester was born and raised…
Wed May 5
When Albert Manero ’12 ’14MS ’16PhD walks onto the commencement stage this Thursday, it won’t be as a graduate. This time, he will be the commencement speaker for the College of Engineering and Computer Science’s in-person ceremony, to be held at Addition Financial Arena at 1 p.m. on May 6. He will address the largest…
Fri Apr 30
UCF’s Programming Team has advanced to the North American championship round of the 2021 International Collegiate Programming Contest — and won’t have to travel far to get there. The ICPC, the oldest and most prestigious collegiate programming contest, will hold the planned in-person event for the first time at UCF on Aug. 8-14. UCF Board of Trustees…
Thu Apr 29
University of Central Florida graduate David Kotick ’81 ’83MS has been selected as one of seven inductees this year to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. The hall recognizes and commends Florida inventors whose achievements have advanced the quality of life for Floridians, the state and the nation. Kotick is one of the U.S. Department of Defense’s…
Thu Apr 29
UCF’s Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team has again won the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition sponsored by Raytheon, the world’s largest competition of its kind. This is the fourth time UCF has taken the top spot. UCF won the national championship in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and finished as runner-up the last three years. “This year…
Tue Apr 20
The induction of UCF Pegasus Professors Deborah C. Beidel and Sudipta Seal, and 13 others from throughout the state, expands the membership of the not-for-profit ASEMFL, all of whom are top scholars and researchers committed to addressing key issues and challenges impacting Florida. The 15 inductees bring the membership to 181. An induction ceremony will…
Thu Apr 15
For many people suffering from depression, chronic pain and addiction, common treatment options such as psychotherapy and medication don’t work, according to scientific and public health reports. That’s why researchers are exploring alternative methods, such as neural stimulation, in which tiny electrical pulses are sent to a specific brain region to alleviate symptoms of neurological…
Thu Apr 15
Anew study from the University of Central Florida suggests that masks and a good ventilation system are more important than social distancing for reducing the airborne spread of COVID-19 in classrooms. The research, published recently in the journal Physics of Fluids, comes at a critical time when schools and universities are considering returning to more in-person…
Wed Mar 31
My fascination with flight — like that of many others — is simple: There is something about the way an aircraft dances gracefully with the wind to lift itself off the ground, seemingly defying the impossible, that has always intrigued me. One hundred and eighteen years have passed since the Wright brothers demonstrated the first,…
Thu Mar 18
Athermal infrared camera aboard a lunar lander scheduled to head to the moon as early as 2022 could help determine which regions on the lunar surface have water trapped in them. Assistant Professor of Physics Kerri Donaldson Hanna is working with University of Colorado Boulder Professor Paul Hayne on NASA’s Lunar Compact InfraRed Imaging System (L-CIRiS). Hayne…
Thu Mar 11
Three UCF researchers working on different projects have been awarded a total of about $1.3 million from the Department of Defense. The grants were part of the DOD awarding of $50 million to 85 institutions across the nation in the Fiscal Year 2021 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program. The recipients and their projects are: Ayman…
Thu Mar 11
Nuisance flooding has increased on U.S. coasts in recent decades due to sea level rise, and new research co-authored by the University of Central Florida uncovered an additional reason for its added frequency. In a study appearing today in the journal Science Advances, researchers show that higher local tide ranges, most likely from human alterations to…
Mon Mar 8
A new master’s degree in computer vision at the University of Central Florida to begin this fall will give technology professionals proficiency in a burgeoning field that relies on artificial intelligence to make computers perform complex tasks faster and more accurately than a human. UCF is the only university in the state, and one of only two…
Mon Mar 1
Making sure spacecraft don’t crash into each other or into space junk is at the center of Assistant Professor Tarek A. Elgohary’s research at UCF’s Astrodynamics and Space Robotics Laboratory. Using analytical and computational methods in addition to machine learning techniques, Elgohary and his team of students calculate the probability of collision between Resident space objects…
Mon Mar 1
Two UCF students are among 43 nationwide who have been chosen to receive the inaugural Patti Grace Smith Fellowship for Black aerospace undergraduates. Alexandria Baca, a first-year student, and Loubensky Bane, a second-year student, were selected for the new honor established to promote diversity in the aerospace industry. The two were picked after applicants were…
Thu Feb 25
The glass-and-shiny-steel flagship building that is home to UCF’s College of Engineering and Computer Science has been renamed the L3Harris Engineering Center, announced Michael Georgiopoulos, dean of the college. The announcement celebrates the rebranding of one of the most prominent buildings on UCF’s main campus and showcases the longstanding partnership between UCF and L3Harris Technologies, an $18…
Wed Feb 24
The helicopter that arrived on the Red Planet on Feb. 18 as part of the Mars 2020/Perseverance mission is not the only rotorcraft NASA is sending into space. A team of scientists, including a University of Central Florida researcher, is working to help NASA design a rotorcraft to explore Saturn’s moon, Titan. The mission and…
Tue Feb 23
Like many Central Florida teens, Jonathan Kessluk ’20 got a summer job at one of Universal’s theme parks in 2014. Little did he know that a job working lights for some of the park’s shows, would lead him to a UCF engineering degree and a job at Kennedy Space Center. Kessluk, who graduated in August 2020, is a…
Thu Feb 11
The University of Central Florida has been awarded a nearly $2.9 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to provide cybersecurity scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students. Scholarship recipients will focus on cybersecurity training and research at UCF, and after graduation, must work for a federal, state, local, or tribal government organization in a…
Fri Dec 18
Aprototype sensor that detects Moon dust by shooting lasers through the sky has successfully completed its first hurdle. That means UCF is one step closer to building the real instrument that could fly to the moon on a future mission. UCF researchers designed the Ejecta STORM instrument to scan the area around a lunar lander…